We'd been meaning to try Cazador on Dominion Rd ever since we'd heard that this was one of Auckland's iconic family restaurants. It

Industrial-look cafes, roadside dining and music may create atmosphere at hospitality hotspots - but according to audiology professionals the loud noise may be turning diners away.

Bedford Soda & Liquor felt great from the start. Our friends were grinning like soon-to-be-satisfied cats, cocktails in hand, at a table overlooking Richmond Rd.

The tradition of high tea at Cornwall Park Restaurant by the historic Huia Lodge is over for the moment, after the establishment closed.

Auckland Airport is backing a push to attract food tourists to New Zealand from emerging markets.

Danielle Wright discovers authenticity is the key to a long life in the fickle Auckland restaurant scene.

One of the difficulties with the shared plates style dominating the Auckland eating

Having driven past this cafe en route to visiting family many times, we decided to make Catroux our destination at last.

To welcome the Spanish beer Estrella Damm to New Zealand, Life & Style asked three of our favourite famous foodies to pick their top tapas bars from around Auckland. We’ll reveal their picks on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week.

The four of us were sitting in Soto posing that daft question: "Which nation's food would you have if you could have only one?" and for the first time I realised that my long-standing allegiance to Italian food might be wavering.

Ticking all the boxes is this village cafe, from its jars of juice to its radically aproned staff — and, of course, the fare .

It was friends who'd moved down country 20 years before and returned to the French Cafe for their wedding anniversary who proclaimed: "It was still brilliant, even better than before."

If you’re on a jaunt north of Auckland, a revamped cafe has just the thing to calm the hunger pangs — and a standout hot chocolate too.

Does an Italian restaurant need to be run by Italians?

Breakfast and lunch diners are raving and so, soon, will be evening patrons when Provenance lights the candles for dinner.

An award-winning Auckland restaurant won't have to shut down to fix alleged problems with cooking odours but is still locked in a court dispute with its landlord.

Foodies have infiltrated the racecourse this Auckland Cup week with some of the country's top chefs serving up epicurean delights, trackside.